^yi^ 'CONTENTS OF NUMBER L— EIGHTH SERIES. 



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1. Un a bpecimen of the Extinct Drommts atrr discoTered in the 

 Eoyal Zoological Museum, Elorence. By He.nrt H. Giglioli, 

 H.M.B.O.U., F.M.Z.S., Director of the Museum .... 1 

 II. On. a new Species of Blue Wren from King Island, Bass Strait. 



By A. J. Campbell (Melbourne) 10 



III. Ornithological Notes from South Brazil. By H. von Ihering. 12 



IV. Birds' -nesting Notes from the Transvaal. By Alwin C. 



Haagner 



15 



V. Notes on the Nesting and other Habits of some South-African 



Birds. By R. H. IvT 18 



TI. On the Specific Validity of Ploceus megarhynchus Hume. By 

 F. Finn, Deputy Superintendent, Indian Museum, Calcutta 



(Plate I.) 29 



VII. List of Birds obtained in British East Africa. By F. J. 

 Jackson, C.B., F.Z.S.— Part II. With Notes by R. Bowdleb 



Sharpe, LL.D. &c. (Plates II. & III.) 33 



VIII. On the Anatomy of the Kingfishers, with Special Reference to 



the Conditions in the Wing known as Eiitaxyand Diastataxy. 



By P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.Z.S., F.L.S. (Plates IV. & V.) 97 



IX. Report on the Anniversary Meeting of the Deutsche ornitho- 



logische Gesellschaft. By E. Haetert (Delegate of the 



B.O.U.) 123 



X. Notices of recent Ornithological Publications : — 



1. Anuals of Scottish Natural History .... 196 



2. 'The Auk' ....'.'.'.'.'.'. m 



3. Bangs on a new Geotrygon 1 



4. Bucknill's ' Birds of Surrey ' '..'.'.'. \ ^-^ 



5. Butler on the Birds of the Andamans and the Nicobars . . . 129 

 0. Biittikofer on the Birds of Central Borneo 130 



7. Cook on the Antarctic Ornis 131 



8. Currie on a new Bird of Paradise j 



9. Euler on the Nests and Eggs of Brazilian Birds . . . . | ^^^ 



10. Finn's ' Fancy Waterfowl ' 1 



11. Ihering on the Birds of Cantagallo and Nova Friburgo . . [ "^ 



12. Ihering on the Birds of Rio Grande do Sul l 



13. Ihering on the Nesting of Brazilian Birds ( I.34 



14. ' Irish Naturalist ' .\ 



15. Kastschenko on the Birds of the Altai 1 



16. Le Souef on the Miid-nest-building Birds of Australia . . j- 13.5 



17. Loomis on Californian Water-birds 1 



18. Merriam on the Birds of Mount Shasta (10 



19. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society's Transactions . j 



20. North on a new Australian Bird . . . ' I 1 00 



21. Palmer on Economic Ornithology in the U.S j 



22. P.almer on the Bird-Laws of the United States .... 140 



23. Pike on Bird-land 1 



24. Pycraft on the Pterylosis of the Megapodes j 



26. Reichenow's Birds of Africa 142 



26. Seebohm's ' Monograph of the Thrushes ' 143 



27. Selous on Sport and Travel I i 1 



28. Sharpe's ' Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds,' Vol. ii. j 



[Contents continued onjmge 2 of Wrapper.] 



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